Production of nodules



"l liquids or gases or to store explosive gases, liquids Patented I935 i UNITED STATES PATENT or-rics raonuc'rr ifiz firnonums Sidney ID. Wells, Port Edwards, Wis.

No Drawing. Application January 18, 1932,. Serial No. seam 9 Claims. (01. 92-30) L a My invention relates to a new fibrous product slack sized, the papers are fed directly to a rod and to a method of producing said product. mill with just enough water, containing rela- An important object of my invention is to utitively small amounts of reagents, to produce aplize'waste paper such as newspaper and the like proximately the following proportions: 5 although my invention may be carried out with 1 any paper stock or fibrous material. Where waste newspapers .2000 P un s news print or other printed paper is used for re-' ash 30 Pounds manufacture into paper it is necessary to remove Bentmll" 50 P n the ink from the paper and this result is accom- Kemsene -e-- I 1 8811 11 plished readily by my improved method or treatwater 500 allons 10 ment. This mixture is passed through a rod mill of Another object of my invention is to provide an absorbent material from paper stock or other ggfiggz i g fifi g sggs gs gg gggsg fibrous material which may be used to absorb For exampiehan open ended discharge rod mm of the low pulp line type having an internal diamor the like and through which gases or hqmds eter of seven feet, an inside length of sixteen feet may be freely passed. obese and or my tfifiitiifitiiiiititt ifiittlittfis gg gggz g g during the .course of l of waste paper per twenty four hours may be used ucc f l m or iiiltltif; zzti shz zzh mitts 22 like} or the g ffi wi the ink and other impurities to an extent allowing z e g g zg l i h them to be removed from the stock by suitable 25 3 hypes 9 g i washing devices such as sloping screen oscillating eq 1 e shower washers, multiple decker washers, or simg m 3 2; i Y g i i f f ilar devices which do not necessarily depend on ave scovere i 6 pr 0 p e o filtering for the removal of nonfibrous material. heating with rods, ,as disclosed m my Patent No. Magazine book and coated papers free from 1,654,624 of January 3, 1928-, it is possible to treat ground W062i pulp usually contain 018:, and waste printed-paper or the like with little more sequent, the quantity of bentomte be F' twice-its weight of i only does duced, and because of the presence of casein the this rod mill treatment require a relatively small proportion of soda ash should be increased. The

amount of water but a'rubbing action between a the fibers is obtained which is impossible at the if fi gjgg gf f fg fig usual consistencies, which are below eight per of material: 85

cent, and the reagents are intimately'mixed with d X the flbrousmaterial. The concentration of the w t 2000 pounds reagents to the water is much greater than is s ash 50 pounds usually possible and satisfactory results are obnen'mniie v 20 pounds 40 tained with quantities of reagents up to eighty per Kerosene 1 g 40 cent less than has hitherto been required. w t V 500 gallons In the reclamation of hard sized or coated pav v persin which aninsoiuble adhesivesuch as casein Th Wa u e Should h a mp t r of has been used, temperatures higher than room about 140 F. Where sup ri r're ults are detemperatures are usually required and steam is sired, dic rethylena' c r on tetrachloride or 45 often usedto raise the material to the desired similar solvents may besubstituted for the kerotemperature. In myprocess the disintegration sene. Steam may be blown into the rod mill to of the stock is obtained with the use or a much heat the contents, if hot water, cannot be obsmaller quantity of water than has heretofore tain bu usually the W r canbe heated more 0 been used, water as low as one twentieth oi the conomically from the Waste l of condensers '50 amount formerly used having proved satisfactory, or at some otherpoint in the system of paper and the consumption of steam is therefore corretreating equipment. spondingly reduced. p The stock is fed to the rod mill at unusually In the de-inking of material such. as waste high consistencies and is resolved into pellets or W newspaper which contains ground wood often nodules of fibers due to the rod mill treatment at consistencies which may range from twelve per-- cent-to about thirty three per cent, although at this upperlimit the results are not as good as they are at thirty per cent or not less than twelve per cent. The nodulized stock obtained from this treatment is filled with voids which permit the v passage of water or gas. Washing'of the stock is greatly'ifacilitated when the stock has been nodulized and insoluble substances such as-ink may be mechanically" washed therefrom in' a device such as a sloping screen washer.

'In addition to'facilitating the de-inking and purifying of newsprint and other waste paper. ,my process of nodulizing stock'may be applied to paper and fibrous material of all kinds.

The nodulized stock may be used in a wetor I damp condition as a'material for absorbing suit- .able gasesand liquids. Water soluble gases such .facture of 'sulphuricacid, or calcium bisulphite for the manufacture of paper pulp, or it can be dried, compressed and shipped as liquid sulphur dioxide to chemical manufacturers, textile bleachers or other users. The nodules, after leaching may be washed, run into a sheet and renodulized by means of the rod mill, or by draining may be used several times before renodulizing is necessary.

/ The nodulizedstock may be used either wet or dry and in either form will permit the passage-of liquids or gases therethrough. In contrast to the nodulized stock, pulp in sheet form packs in dense masses when wet and if thoroughly pulped at low or usual consistencies the mass is fluid and the'fibers flow or pack into dense masses when fluids are passed th'erethrough. In the caseof the passage of gases through such stock the resistance to the gas is as great as though the stock were all water due to the fact that the stock is substantially a suspension of fibers in water.

The nodules formed by my treatment at high consistencies in a rod mill are substantially one sixteenth to one eighth of an inch diameter.

These nodules can be charged into tanks or chambers and liquids or gases will pass through with very little. drop in'pressure. A Freeness of from 600 to 100 is obtained with nodulized catalogue paper while in perfect suspension the same stock has a Freeness of only 140.

My method of treatment may be used for converting paper stock into suitable form for packing cylinders for holding explosive gases, after drying, or the nodules can be impregnated with chemicals to serve as a vehicle therefor, or to absorb substances not absorbed by the fibers alone or the water soaked fiber.

An advantage of using paper stock in this form is that after it has absorbed all Of the fluid which it will hold, the fluid can be'washed therefrom in paper and pulp making equipment and the stock renodulized and used again. Waste paper stock isthe cheapest form of stock and with my process it may be readily used because of the facility with which the impurities may be washed from the nodules. Other types of material may Y be used if desired.

It will be seen therefore that I have provided a method of treating stock so that the washing. or purification of the same is facilitated by the more ready passageof fluids, either liquid or gaseous, therethrough. It will also be seen that I have provided a method of converting'paper stock into an useful absorbent material or a vehicle for absorbents or reagents, or a packing material for converting large spaces into a multiplicity of small or minute spaces. The easy handling of the nodulized material with standard pulp and paper making equipment for the removal of the material absorbed, and for the reuse of the stock, improves the value of my product and decreases its cost.

The ingredients named, and their proportions, are given as examples only and may be varied to suit varying conditions and different types of stock.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it is to be understood that various changes in the stepsof my method may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention what- I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. The method of nodulizing paper stock which consists in beating the stock with rods in a rotating drum at a consistency of at least fifteen per cent and not more than thirty three per cent.

2. The method of treating waste paper which consists in beating the paper in a rod mill with substantially 500 gallons of water, 1 gallon of kerosene, 20 pounds of bentonite and 50 pounds of soda ash to substantially 2000 pounds of waste paper.

3. The method of treating waste paper which consists in beating the paper in a rod mill with substantially 500 gallons of water, 1 gallon of kerosene, 20 pounds of bentonite and 50 pounds of soda ash to substantially 2000 pounds of waste paper, and washing the beaten stock.

4. The method of treating waste paper containing ground wood which consists'in treating the paper in a rod mill with approximately 500 gallons of water, 1 gallon of kerosene, 30 pounds of soda ash and 50 pounds of bentonite to approximately 2000 pounds of waste paper.

5. The method of treatingwaste paper containing ground wood which consists in treating the paper in a rod mill with approximately 500 gallons of water, 1 gallon of kerosene, 30 pounds of soda ash and 50 pounds of bentonite to approximately 2000 pounds of waste paper, and washing the beaten paper stock.

6. The method of forming an absorbent for fluids which consists in beating the stock in a rod mill at a consistency of at least fifteen per cent, and not more than thirty three per cent.

"7. The method of producing paper pulp which consists in beating waste paper with de-inking reagents in a rod mill at a consistency of at least fifteen per cent and not over thirty three per cent to nodulize the paper stock, and washing the nodulized paper stock.

8. The method of treating waste paper containing ground wood which consists in treatin gallons of water, 1 gallon of kerosene, 30 pounds of soda ash and 50 pounds of bentonite to approximately 2000 pounds of waste paper, the treatment being carried out at a temperature of 5 approximately 140 F.

9. The method of treating waste paper which consists in beating the paper in a rod mill with substantially 500 gallons of water, 1 gallon of kerosene, 20 pounds of bentonite and 50 polmds of soda ash to'substantially 2000 pounds oi waste paper, the treatment being carried out at a temperatureoi approximately 140 F.

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